El Parlamento suizo acaba de legislar en favor de la "dignidad de las plantas".
Recently, the Swiss Parliament asked a panel of philosophers, lawyers, geneticists and theologians to determine the meaning of dignity when it pertains to plants.
Lo and Behold, the team published a treatise on “the moral consideration of plants for their own sake.” The treatise established that vegetation has innate value and that it is morally wrong to partake in activities such as the “decapitation of wildflowers at the roadside without rational reason.”
Habéis leído bien: es inmoral decapitar plantas sin un motivo racional.
Over a decade ago, an amendment was added to the Swiss constitution in order to defend the dignity of all creatures — including vegetation — against unwanted repercussions of genetic engineering. The amendment was turned into law and is known as the Gene Technology Act. However the law itself didn’t say anything specific about plants, until recently, when the law was amended to include them.
Como señala Yves Poirier, biólogo monecular, ¿tenemos que defender también la dignidad de los virus y microbios? ¿Y qué hay de la dignidad de una patata o una zanahoria pelada y hervida? Eso es peor que la decapitación.
